Ph.D. Financial Economics, University of Pittsburgh
MBA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
B.A. Computer Science and Mathematics, New York University
Fields of Interest
Financial reporting and disclosure
Behavioral finance
Institutional investors
Professional Experience
Financial Economist
Division of Economic and Risk Analysis
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
2022-present
Assistant Professor of Accounting and Finance
Lally School of Management
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2015-2022
Publications
De Franco, Gus, Thomas Shohfi, Da Xu, and Zhiwei Zu, 2022, Fixed Income Conference Calls, Journal of Accounting and Economics.
Chen, Huimin and Thomas Shohfi, 2022. Do Sell-Side Analysts Play a Role in Hedge Fund Activism? Evidence from Textual Analysis, Contemporary Accounting Research.
Working Papers
Francis, Bill, Wenyao Hu, Thomas Shohfi, and Roger M. White, 2022, Are Managers 'Under-the-Weather' During Earnings Conference Calls? Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Brown, Nerissa, Francis Bill, Wenyao Hu, Thomas Shohfi, Daqi Xin, and Tengfei Zhang, 2022, Gender and Earnings Conference Calls, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.